Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! Attentionology is celebrating its third anniversary this month as an international education and enterprise blog. Thanks for visiting. I like to think of myself and my Attentionology readers as a…
Third Anniversary Wishes
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Focus on Character Education
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! I recently came across an old copy of The Grade Teacher, a publication of the Educational Publishing Corporation, Darien, Connecticut, US, at an antique show I attended. The dog-eared…
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I Spy a Good Listener!
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! You may have heard the old Chinese proverb that roughly translates in English to, “We hear and we forget; we see and we remember; we do and we understand.” I’m…
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Attention Crisis for Young and Old
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! Here’s a frightening thought…if children in grades K – 5 today have trouble paying attention in elementary school now, imagine the challenges they will face as they age into…
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Bouncing Balls
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! If you’ve been following the World Cup Games in South Africa recently you know the passion that people around the world have for a simple round ball. Spheres made…
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Set up Vacation Stations!
Surprise your students with activities that take them where they wish they already were. Take them to Vacation Station!
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Try the Flip Trick
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! I successfully tested an effective attention-getting trick at a family workshop I recently led on a sunny spring Saturday at the State Museum of Art. The workshop theme was “Inside and Out,”…
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On your mark, get set, GO!
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! I was talking recently with an associate, Alice Osborn, a talented multi-tasking independent contract writer and teacher who works under the umbrella: Write From the Inside Out. Alice manages…
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Attention Goes as the Nose Knows!
Why not use the benefits of aromatherapy to catch and keep elementary students’ attention in instructional settings?
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Barbara Cleary has been serving as a resource to hundreds of educators for more than 25 years.
An award-winning writer, producer, teacher, and trainer, Barbara’s focus is on offering easy, fun tools and tricks that support K-5 curricula and assist teachers with classroom management.
